Tabasco is a variety of which vegetable?

The tabasco pepper is a variety of the chili pepper species "Capsicum frutescens" originating in Mexico. It is best known through its use in Tabasco sauce, followed by peppered vinegar.

The tabasco plant has a typical bushy growth, which commercial cultivation makes stronger by trimming the plants. The tapered fruits, around 4 cm long (1.5 inch), are initially pale yellowish-green and turn yellow and orange before ripening to bright red. Tabascos are the only variety of chili pepper whose fruits are "juicy", i.e., not dry on the inside.

The peppers are named after the Mexican state of Tabasco.

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Donald McBurney

interestingly,pepper is a fruit,not a vegetable.

Joris van Pelt

The same day the peppers are picked, they are mashed, mixed with a small amount of Avery Island salt, placed in white oak wooden barrels, and allowed to ferment and then age for up to three years.

John W Shreve

There was a major league baseball shortstop, Kid Elberfeld, who played from about 1898 to 1914. He was called "The Tabasco Kid" because of his terrible temper. He once shoved a ball of mud into an umpire's mouth. He assaulted umpire Silk O'Loughlin and the umpire had to be hospitalized. When he became a manager, his players followed his orders.

Karin Johansson

catmom, try Jamaican Bell. I couldn't be near the fruits when we dried them.

L Lh Adams

Many years ago,while in Lousiana,I took a tour of the Tabasco facility and was amazed that it looked as though time had stood still. Avery Island was a nice place to visit then.